306 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Marcel Saulnier
To: Canadians Concerned About Healthcare
Date: November 29, 2023
Re: Getting on with National Pharmacare
Over four years ago, the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare set out a roadmap to address one of the most significant areas of unfinished business in Canadian medicare. Fast forward to the end of 2023, and there is scant evidence…
Op-Ed
Bill C-282 is a terrible piece of legislation. Yet it sailed through the House of Commons and is now in the Senate, the last hope for bringing some sanity to the matter.
Indications are that key senators, including Senator Peter Boehm, chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee, have serious problems with the Bill.
The Bill amends the Department of Foreign Affairs,…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Energy Transition Watchers
From: Brian Livingston
Date: May 9, 2023
Re: The Big Electric Light Truck Challenge
Canadian transportation policy is now operating under a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate that will soon have a binding effect as Canadians try to purchase their next vehicle, particularly light trucks.
The mandate requires sellers of light vehicles –…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson, Don Drummond and Alexandre Laurin
To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
Date: March 24, 2023
Re: Let’s Ditch Our Obsolete Retirement Tax Rules
With the worst of COVID-19 behind us, the federal government needs to re-focus on long-standing stresses, including tax rules that limit many Canadians from saving as much for retirement …
Intelligence Memos
From: Andrew Sancton
To: Canadian Housing Watchers
Date: December 9, 2022
Re: Putting a Lid on Development Charges
“Growth should pay for growth.” This slogan – the common justification for development charges – is rarely challenged in municipal circles.
Development charges evolved from post-1945 subdivision agreements and were initially accepted by most developers as a…
Op-Ed
Inflation around 8 per cent is something many Canadians had never experienced until this summer. As a country, we are rediscovering how much inflation hurts. The shrinking value of our dollars is bad enough on its own, but inflation harms us in more subtle ways, including through its interactions with taxes and government benefits. Now would be a good time for some changes to lessen the pain.…
